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Free courses are being held across Ceredigion to help people better understand and deal with common problems such as depression, anxiety, panic, poor sleep and low self confidence.  Stress Control is a group class run by the new Ceredigion Local Primary Mental Health Support Service, established in line with the Mental Health Measure (Wales), new legislation that came into force last year. The service works closely with 16 GP practices and a whole range of community services to cover issues from post-natal depression to everyday stress and pressures. The courses are delivered by Nurses, Social Workers and Health Care Support Workers in various community locations across the county. Bleddyn Lewis is the service team leader: “Stress affects different people in different ways and our classes will empower people with advice and techniques to look after their mental health and wellbeing. “Our courses will alternate between evenings and daytime so if you have work commitments you h...

‘Teulu Non’ – the regular journal of the St Davids diocese Mothers' Union has had a makeover. Its new look will be launched at noon on Tuesday, June 4 at St. Anne’s Community Church Hall, Penparcau in Aberystwyth, where the diocesan Mothers' Union will be holding its Council meeting. Responsible for the launch will be St Davids Mothers' Union President, Brenda Evans, who said how pleased she was to be overseeing such a modernising project so early in her presidency. She continued, “Enfys Thomas, the new editor has brought her organising skills and knowledge to bear and has produced a magazine which will have something for everyone, underpinning as it does the zest we all feel in our work.” The first edition will include news about the commissioning service and diocesan festival. A new feature will be a Who’s Who competition, the first of which asks readers to name five notable faces. At the heart of each edition will be the primary Mothers' Union goal of ‘Christi...

Cardiff Bay will be grooving to the reggae beats of the Bristol Reggae Orchestra this Saturday (25 May). The 30-strong group is playing a set of Bob Marley and Lord Tanamo covers and original songs at the Wales Millennium Centre at 1.30pm. It is part of the Gwanwyn festival – a month of art events for over 50s organised by the charity Age Cymru. Says Phil Thomas, Gwanwyn’s coordinator: “Bristol Reggae Orchestra is one of the UK’s most unique and uplifting community projects and it is made up of people of all ages. “We’re very proud to have them headlining this free concert we’re holding on Saturday 25 May on the Glanfa stage of the Wales Millennium Centre. “If your experience of reggae is all from record, come along on Saturday - it promises to be a toe-tapping show of crowd pleasers, world music and an infectious reggae beat. “Our show will also feature the world premiere of piece of music commissioned by Gwanwyn featuring Dylan Fowler on guitar and Adam Doughty on an African harp...

The popular Cwmcerrig Farmshop and Grill in Gorslas, Carmarthenshire, will be back in the TV spotlight this week. BBC2 Wales is starting a repeat run of the fly-on-the-wall documentary called 'Meet The Watkins'. The series starts at 7pm on Thursday (May 23). Cwmcerrig partner Roland Watkins said: "The series tells the story of how the family pulled together to create and maintain the Cwmcerrig business. By all accounts, it is being repeated by popular demand." The series was produced by independent TV company Telesgop. Weblinks - http://www.telesgop.co.uk/tv-production/meet-the-watkins-3/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m9f16 http://www.cwmcerrigfarmshop.co.uk/news/

Some of Aberystwyth University’s world-leading research will be showcased at one of the world's biggest literary festivals which gets underway later this week. Six internationally recognised Aberystwyth academics and two Honorary Fellows will be speaking at this year’s Hay Festival which runs from 23 May to 2 June. Last year’s festival attracted more than 225,000 visitors. Thursday 23 May at Landmarc 100 Stage at 7pm Professor Richard Marggraf Turley, Dr Jayne Elisabeth Archer and Professor Howard Thomas , all from Aberystwyth University, will deliver the 2013 INSPIRE Lecture on Literature and Sustainability as winners of a competition set up by the Institute for Sustainable Practice Innovation and Resource Effectiveness at University of Wales Trinity Saint David , supported by ASLE-UKI. The paper explores how key Shakespeare plays engage with a crisis of food supply, distribution and sustenance – a crisis with contemporary resonances and one in which, through his business deal...

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